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 What to include in your business proposal

Need help with your business proposal or pitch deck? Follow the general guide below.

 

Due Diligence Checklist

Use this checklist to ensure you have all the documents required after you've been shortlisted.

 

1. All minutes of directors’ and stockholders’ meetings, and all written consents of directors and stockholders.
2. Certificate of Incorporation, Certificates of Designation, Rights, etc., and Bylaws.
3. Similar information for the Company and subsidiaries, if any.
4. A corporate entity organizational chart, if there are any parents or subsidiaries.
   

1. Current business plan and any financial projections.
2. Most recent financial statements.

1. A list of the Company’s trademarks, patents, copyrights and domain names (or any applications therefore) including documentation of filing or registration with the appropriate governmental entities.
2. If any of the foregoing were assigned to the Company, please so state and provide documentation of the assignment and recordation with the appropriate governmental entities.

1. A list of the Company’s stockholders, including issuance dates and original issuance price.
2. A list of the Company’s option holders, including grant dates and exercise prices.
3. Copies of agreements relating to outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights) or agreements for the purchase or acquisition of any of the Company’s securities, and agreements relating to the Company’s past stock issuances.
4. Any documents evidencing registration rights for the Company’s securities, or evidencing any agreements among the Company’s shareholders or between the Company and its shareholders.
5. A summary of the vesting schedules of any stock or options subject to vesting, including any vesting acceleration.
6. Agreements relating to voting of securities and restrictive share transfers.
   

1. The Company’s standard terms of service / terms of use for its customers.
2. Any agreements, understanding, instruments, contracts or proposed transactions to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound which involve obligations of, or payments to, the Company in excess of $25,000.
3. Any personal property leases.
4. Any agreements concerning the purchase, lease, or sublease of real property.
5. Any documents evidencing indebtedness for money borrowed or any other liabilities incurred by the Company.
6. Any documents evidencing any mortgages, liens, loans and encumbrances with respect to the Company’s property or assets.
7. Any documents evidencing any loans or advances made by the Company.
8. Any licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to the Company’s or others’ patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights, proprietary information or technology, including employee confidentiality and proprietary information agreements.
9. Any insurance policies held by the Company or of which the Company is a beneficiary and a summary of such policies, if available.
   
10. Any judgment, order, writ or decree by which the Company is bound or to which it is a party.
    
11. Any standard forms of agreements used by the Company.
    
12. Any joint venture and partnership agreements.
    
13. Any management, service and marketing agreements.
    
14. Any confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements.
    
15. Any agreements requiring consents or approvals in connection with the financing.
    
16. Any consulting contracts.
    
17. Any other agreements material to the business of the Company, or outside the ordinary course of business.
18. A list of officers and directors. If any officers are not currently devoting 100 percent of their business time to the Company, please note them on this list.

1. Any correspondence or documents relating to any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding or investigation, including, without limitation, (i) those involving the Company’s employees in connection with their prior or present employment or use of technology and (ii) those being conducted by or before any governmental entity or regulatory agency.
2. Any correspondence or documents relating to allegations of the Company’s infringement of the proprietary rights of others.
3. Any correspondence or documents relating to any labor agreements or actions, union representation, or strike or other labor dispute.

1. A list of the Company’s employees and consultants, including title, base salary, target bonus (if applicable), commission plan (if applicable), classification (including, if an employee, whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt) and state of residence.
2. The Company’s standard form of offer letter.
   
3. Any agreements, understandings or proposed transactions between the Company and any of its officers, directors, affiliates, or any affiliate thereof, including without limitation, employment agreements and offer letters with severance benefits or vesting acceleration provisions.
   
4. Any plans, agreements or arrangements that provide benefits contingent upon a change in control.
   
5. Any severance or deferred compensation plans (including any salary deferral agreements, whether written or oral, with employees or consultants).
   
6. Any employee benefit plans, including, without limitation, stock option plans, pension plans and insurance plans.
   
7. Any forms of agreements used in connection with any stock option plans (such as a form of option agreement, notice of exercise and restricted stock purchase agreement).
   
8. All documents or other information relating to any loans made by the Company to its employees, directors or consultants.
   
9. The Company’s employee handbook.
   
10. If the Company has any foreign employees, separately list (by country) all benefits provided to foreign employees.